Gladbrook-Reinbeck Football wins the STATE CHAMPIONSHIP! Second year in a row!!

CONGRATULATIONS to the 2016-2017 Gladbrook-Reinbeck Football Program on winning the 2016 Class A State Championship!

Welcome To The Rebel Nation

Rebel Nation - Sea of Blue at State Championship Basketball 2015

Class 1A Basketball STATE CHAMPIONS 2015

Gladbrook-Reinbeck High School Choir 2016-2017

Class 1A State Soccer 2015 Third Place Winners

Class 1A State Soccer 2016 Third Place Winners

Third Grade Pumpkin Science & Math Day

GC-GR Cross Country Team State Qualifiers 2015

Class 1A Baseball State Qualifiers 2015

Eighth Grade Robotics Class learning about electricity.

Rebel Pride at Gladbrook-Reinbeck Elementary

Gladbrook-Reinbeck Washington DC Kids 2015

Class A 2015-2016 STATE FOOTBALL CHAMPIONS!

Stoakes named Caseys General Store Player of the 2015 Class A Championship Football Game

Fire Safety Day with the Gladbrook Fire Department at Gladbrook-Reinbeck Elementary

IMPORTANT SCHOOL INFORMATION

For important information re: school start & dismissal times, breakfast at school and bus stop schedules and locations, please see the "Important School Information 2016-2017" article in the REBEL NEWS section below.

Rebel News

Gladbrook-Reinbeck staff, students and families:
Winter weather is coming. Please take some time to make sure you and your families are prepared for school late starts, winter weather gear and bus hard surface route schedules.

For those families on a rural G-R Bus Route, your driver should give you a copy of your bus Hard Surface Route information. If you need to review this information on-line, the schedule is posted on the Gladbrook-Reinbeck website under the "District" tab. Or, you can click on the "Bus Route & Hard Surface Route Information 16-17" link below.

IMPORTANT REMINDER: Iowa School Alerts Announcement re: Change in Vendor and New Sign-up Information
The Gladbrook-Reinbeck School District utilizes Iowa School Alerts as one of its primary notification methods to alert the public regarding school cancellations, delays, and early dismissals, as well as other important announcements. One of the convenient components of this service is the ability to have the message sent directly to any cell phone or email that you register with the system.PLEASE NOTE that the State of Iowa switched vendors for this service and the previous system (15-16) and its list of subscribers ceased to operate effective June 30, 2016. The new system is called GovDelivery Iowa School Alerts and we encourage everyone to click on the "Iowa School Alerts Sign-Up" link below and sign up to receive announcements from this new system. It only takes a minute to sign up.

ANOTHER IMPORTANT CHANGE: KWWL (Channel 7) and KCRG (Channel 9) no longer support their text alerts system. KWWL and KCRG replaced their text alert service with a Smart Phone App. If you wish to download the KWWL or KCRG weather apps, please go to the stations' websites for more information.

SCHOOL CLOSINGS, CANCELLATIONS OR DELAY ANNOUNCEMENTS: Radio and television stations announcing emergency school closings and/or delayed school starts or early dismissals are as follows:

A great breakfast program is offered in the cafeteria every day. Here are five good reasons to send your child:

1. It’s easy: instead of running around in the morning trying to make sure your children are eating a nutritious meal, why not just leave it to us? They’ll get a great breakfast and have time to hang out with friends before classes begin. Also, no dishes for you to wash.

2. It’s inexpensive.

3. It’s tasty. There are so many choices. Go ahead and see for yourself. New menus are available every month.

4. It makes them smarter: According to the Tufts University School of Nutrition Science and Policy,

“Children who participated in the School Breakfast Program were shown to have significantly higher standardized achievement scores than eligible non-participants.”

5. It makes them healthier: Harvard Medical School/Massachusetts General Hospital found that students who ate School Breakfast reduced hyperactivity, decreased absence and tardy rates, and improved behavior.

Dear G-R Families: We are excited to have school start on Tuesday morning, 08-23-16! Just as a reminder, our school day starts at 8:20 a.m. and dismisses at 3:25 p.m. If your child would like to have breakfast at the Elementary Building or at the Junior High-High School, they are welcome to come between 7:45 and 8:15 a.m.

If you are one of G-R's rural route families, you should receive a phone call from your driver letting you know what time the bus will stop at your home in the morning and what time it will arrive in the afternoon.

If you are a G-R in-town Gladbrook family, please refer to the informational Bus Stop letter which was mailed to you after registration. Buses will be picking up students in Gladbrook between 7:25 and 7:45 a.m. Approximate bus stop pick-up times are as follows:

Gladbrook Shuttle Pick Up and Drop Off Locations:

Approximate pick up times for each location will be 7:25 – 7:45 AM.

Tom Quinn’s Route Bus [= “Purple Butterfly” bus]

Stop 1 [7:30 AM] = 2nd and Lincoln: students will load and unload on 2nd Street

Stop 2 [7:35 AM] = 6th and Grace: students will load and unload on 6th Street

Stop 3 [7:45 AM] = South door of school building on 6th Street

Dennis Modlin’s Route Bus [= “Orange Dinosaur” bus]

Stop A [7:25 AM] = 4th and Garfield: students will load and unload on Garfield

Stop B [7:30 AM] = South door of school building on 6th Street

Stop C [7:38 AM] = Green and Grand (T47) bus will pull off of T47 to load and unload

IMPORTANT: Iowa School Alerts Announcement re: Change in Vendor and New Sign-up Information

The Gladbrook-Reinbeck School District has utilized Iowa School Alerts as one of its primary notification methods to alert the public as to school cancellations, delays, and early dismissals, as well as other important announcements. One of the convenient components of this service is the ability to have the message sent directly to any cell phone or email that you register with the system.

The State of Iowa is switching vendors for this service and the current system and its list of subscribers will cease to operate effective June 30, 2016. The new system is called GovDelivery Iowa School Alerts and we encourage everyone to go to "https://public.govdelivery.com/accounts/IAEDU2502/subscriber/new" and sign up to receive announcements from this new system. It only takes a minute to sign up.